Amy G. Rice, Esquire

Attorney Amy G. Rice engages in the general practice of law. She focuses, however, on civil litigation, DUI/refusals, real estate law, business and equine law.

Attorney Rice was a Judicial Law Clerk with the Rhode Island Supreme Court Law Clerk Department, in Providence where she conducted legal research and wrote draft decisions for judges of the Superior, Family, District and Traffic Courts. Prior to beginning her legal career, she was employed as a Rhode Island Deputy Sheriff for over ten years, where she served in the Supreme, Superior, Family, District, Worker’s Compensation Courts and the General Assembly.

Attorney Rice is a member of the American Bar Association, the Rhode Island Bar Association the Rhode Island Woman’s Bar Association, the Newport Bar Association, the Rhode Island Trial Lawyers Association, the Environmental Law Committee and the Justinian Law Society.
Attorney Rice has been admitted to practice before state and federal courts in Rhode Island. She has also been admitted to practice Pro Hac Vice in Palm Beach County, Florida and the Northern District of Illinois.

Attorney Rice received a B.A. degree phi sigma alpha from the University of Rhode Island, a B.A. degree cum laude from Salve Regina University where she also earned a Master’s Degree in Administration of Justice. She received her Juris Doctor degree from Suffolk University School of Law.

Attorney Rice was appointed as a Justice of the Peace where she serves the District Court as Bail Commissioner in Second Division/Newport County, Rhode Island.

Attorney Rice served as a Town Councilor for the Town of Portsmouth from 2002-2004, and was elected to her second term as a state representative in 2006 where she sits on the Judiciary and Environment committees.

amy@amyricelaw.com